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AS FASHION WEEK PARTY BEAT PAGE 20 ROLLED ON. FROM BERLUTI TO PRABAL, ALL THE PAGES 10 TO 16. ACTION AT THE FASHION PARTIES. PAGE 22 FALL 2014 NEW YORK WWD COLLECTIONS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2014 Q $3.00 Q WOMEN’S WEAR DAILY BRIDGET FOLEY’S DIARY Fashion’s Yogi Bares It THIRTY — recognized universally as a milestone birthday. It certainly is for Donna Karan, whose show tonight marks her brand’s 30th anniversary, an anniversary she never intended to have. When Donna went to her bosses at Anne Klein three decades ago with a modest idea for a seven- easy-pieces line that would appeal to her and her friends, she intended it as a little spin- off under the auspices of Anne Klein. Instead the suits offered — make that insisted upon — a total break and the establishment of a separate company. After her blockbuster, bodysuited launch in black and IANNACCONE gold for fall 1985, Donna was off and running — and not just THOMAS sartorially speaking. Anyone who BY knows her knows that her fashion Donna Karan is linked inextricably with her PHOTO world view, which integrates reflecting a little bit. I don’t think business and philanthropy I’ve ever changed — that bores me. with a particular focus on the I look at the journey of a woman; development of artisanal crafts I’m exactly the same person I around the world. Those who know was in 1974. When I started this Donna (or who have ever seen or company in 1984 — I look at my read an interview with her) also book here and think that I’m the know that her conversation is same person. I haven’t changed. circuitous, often covering runway, yoga studio, Haiti and the lost joy WWD: Describe that person. of HotPants in short order. D.K.: Sensual. The body. It always The big 3-0 approaching, starts with the body, the body WWD wanted Donna to riff meaning yoga. Clothes that move. and reminiscence. And so she A woman on the go. Traveling did, over a healthy, beautifully constantly, back and forth. Cold presented don’t-ask-for-Diet-Coke shoulder.…I think I’m a little bit lunch at her Central Park West of a hippie. I think I respect the apartment. In the space of a few working woman and understand sentences (albeit many long, run- her, but I see her more as her body on sentences), she offered a string and that whole concept of “I want of pearls: “Our industry is on to make it easy for her in seven narcotics with the Internet.” “The easy pieces.” What are the must- sky is going to look different today haves? With me, it always starts than it did yesterday.” “Doing is with a bodysuit. Always. I wear a Going for Gold much more exciting [than thinking] bodysuit every single day of my — doing and being involved.” life. Some people get it, some It’s no secret Diane von Furstenberg has big plans for her brand, from Perhaps not surprisingly, she called people don’t. I think I was a little herself “probably the biggest yogi bit ahead of my time because I’ve continued global expansion to a possible IPO. And it all started with the in fashion design.” been doing yoga since I was 18. wrap dress. Von Furstenberg’s fall collection celebrated 40 years in business We talked at length and if in editing the transcript I noted a WWD: When you said, “I’m the same with several variations on the now staple, including this short, shimmering dearth of what one might call woman I always was,” I didn’t expect version. For more on New York Fashion Week, see pages 10 to 16. hard-core (or even superficial) you to go right to the clothes. business analysis, it was still D.K.: Obviously I’m talking to two hours of unbridled Donna Women’s Wear Daily and we’re — which is to say heady, a little talking clothes. Weirdly enough, if wacky and wonderful. I look holistically at myself — yes, I’ve done yoga all my life. I haven’t WWD: Thirty years. Do you think changed. I bore me. I travel. East- in terms of milestones? meets-West has always been the Donna Karan: This is the first time. most important thing for me. PHOTO BY STEVE EICHNER In doing the show, I’ve been SEE PAGE 8 MONTRÉAL VANCOUVER TORONTO DELHI 6 WWD MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2014 WWD.COM Tazreen Factory Owners Jailed THE BRIEFING BOX The case is even more significant because of IN TODAY’S WWD By MAYU SAINI the interconnecting relationships between factory owners and politicians, trade union leaders have THE OWNER OF Tazreen Fashions Ltd. and said repeatedly since the incident. This has made his wife surrendered to the court in Dhaka, it difficult for factory owners to be indicted in ear- Bangladesh, on Sunday as workers outside the lier factory tragedies, even when there was clear New York Fashion Week courtroom called for them to be punished, seeking evidence of negligence. street style. For more, vindication for the 111 workers who were killed in It is also noteworthy, according to analysts, as see WWD.com. the fire at the factory on Nov. 24, 2012. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government has been After several investigations and reports by the sworn in for a second term on Jan. 12 and is being authorities, the Dhaka court on Dec. 22 indicted 13 watched carefully by industry leaders and workers to people for culpable homicide in the case of the fire. see what actions she takes to restore the reputation of However, Delwar Hossain and his wife, Mahmuda Bangladesh’s textile and apparel industry. Akter, who was chairwoman of the company, were It also comes on the heels of a statement by among five people who went missing after the Human Rights Watch on Thursday that cautioned charges were made and arrest warrants were is- that employers continue to intimidate and threaten sued by the court on Dec. 31. workers about forming trade unions. The organiza- KIBLER Senior Judicial Magistrate Tajul Islam denied tion called on the Bangladesh government to step RYAN bail to both on Sunday. in and stop garment factory owners from doing so. BY Workers have been demanding the arrest and “Workers interviewed claimed that some man- death penalty for the couple since the fire broke agers intimidate and mistreat employees involved PHOTO out. Their anger against the employers and man- in setting up unions, including threatening to kill agement of the company has been fueled by the fact them,” Human Rights Watch said. “Some union or- that the exit gate was allegedly locked by company ganizers said they were beaten up and others said Donna Karan sits down for a Q&A covering her 30 years in the personnel, preventing an exit for the workers who they had lost their jobs or had been forced to re- fashion industry. PAGE 1 were scrambling to escape the fire. Workers were sign. Factory owners sometimes used local gang- forced to jump from the windows of the building, sters to threaten or attack workers outside the The owner of Tazreen Fashions Ltd. and his wife surrendered to resulting in additional deaths and serious injuries. workplace, including at their homes.” the court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Sunday. PAGE 6 Paris-based luxury resale site Vestiaire Collective, whose backers include Condé Nast International, is preparing to launch Vestiaire Collective Preps for U.S. Launch in the United States and Italy. PAGE 6 partners. “The quality of the products is incredible. Hugo Boss closed 2013 with a 7 percent increase in operating By JOELLE DIDERICH That’s what matters the most to me, because the war profit and 6 percent increase in currency-adjusted sales, between marketplaces is waged on supply.” PAGE 6 PARIS — Paris-based luxury resale site Vestiaire By tracking popular products, Vestiaire meeting the group’s sales and earnings targets. Collective, whose backers include Condé Nast Collective focuses on the most profitable items, International, is preparing to launch in the United which it asks sellers to send to its headquarters be- Innerwear executives are feeling bullish about the upcoming States and Italy. fore putting them on sale, guaranteeing they reach Curve trade shows this month.